Index of subjects: R

R.

Raisins. See Currants: Subsidy (i).

Ransom. See Piracy.

Rape. See Sexual Offences.

Rate.

Local, i. 132 (1643, Apr. 12), 167 (May 30), 191 (July 10), 1057 (1647–8, Jan. 8), 1063 (Jan. 29), ii. 107 (1649, May 7), 124 (May 23), 863–867 (1654, Mar. 31).
Apportionment of, on division of parish, i. 816 (1645–6, Jan. 7): relief to be given by commissioners of Great Seal, 816.
Imposed by churchwardens for maintenance of church, i. 1065 (1647–8, Feb. 9).
Parochial, not affected by ecclesiastical union of parishes, ii. 1004 (1654, Sept. 2).
See also Parish (i).

Rates, Book of. See Subsidy (i).

Rebatement. See Assessment (v): Beer: Coal: Currants: Customs (v): Distillers: Excise (i): Fee Farm Rents.

Recognizances.

Stage-players to enter into, not to act again, i. 1071 (1647–8, Feb. 11).
Court of Admiralty to take, i. 1121 (1648, Apr. 14).
Treasurers of Prize goods to enter into, ii. 77–78 (1649, Apr. 17).
Use of English for, ii. 456 (1650, Nov. 22).
Excepted from General Pardons, ii. 573 (1651–2, Feb. 24), 1301 (1659, July 12).
Entry into, under ordinance for prohibition of duelling, ii. 937, 938 (1654, June 29).
Persons arrested by warrant of conservators of Thames and Medway to enter into, ii. 946 (1654, Aug. 11).
Plaintiffs in chancery to acknowledge recognizance, which is to be filed in Petty Bag office, ii. 951 (1654, Aug. 21).
Suspected recusants to enter into, ii. 1173 (1657, June 26).
To secure gambling debts, declared void, ii. 1250 (1657, June 26).
Suspected persons on borders of England and Scotland to enter into, ii. 1263 (1657, June 26): to be delivered to clerk of the peace, 1264.
See Bonds.

Record.

Register of public loan to remain upon, i. 73 (1642–3, Jan. 30).
of proceedings of committee for regulation of Cambridge university, i. 372 (1643–4, Jan. 22).
of names of those taking Solemn League and Covenant, i. 378 (1643–4, Feb. 5).
of names of persons ordained, i. 525 (1644, Oct. 4), 869 (1646, Aug. 28), 1203 (1648, Aug. 29).
of convictions for swearing and cursing, ii. 394 (1650, June 28).
of names of seamen returning from abroad, ii. 613 (1652, Sept. 9).
of allotment of Irish land, ii. 731 (1653, Sept. 26).
of institutions of public preachers and ministers, ii. 856 (1653–4, Mar. 20), 1459 (1659–60, Mar. 14).
of presentments and discharges of recusants, ii. 1174, 1179 (1657, June 26).
in Exchequer, of certificates of value of London houses, ii. 1225 (1657, June 26).
in Exchequer, of discharge of account, ii. 1406 (1659–60, Feb. 2).
See Evidence (ii) (iii).

Record, Clerks of.

Voidance of appointments of those acting against Parliament, i. 362–363 (1643, Dec. 25).

Recorder.

Removal of, for delinquency, 876 (1646, Oct. 1).
Certain delinquents disabled from voting in election of, i. 1023 (1647, Oct. 4).
Form of oath of, ii. 242 (1649, Sept. 5).
See London (i).

Records.

(i) Custody etc. of.
Prohibition of removal of, to Oxford, i. 66 (1642–3, Jan. 21), 134 (1643, Apr. 18), 373 (1643–4, Jan. 22).
Committee for Revenue empowered to take records relating to Crown revenues, i. 300 (1643, Sept. 21).
Preservation of sequestered records, i. 343–345 (1643, Nov. 20), 1015 (1647, Sept. 22).
Sequestrators not to sell manuscripts but to deliver them to a committee, 344: similar directions for valuable printed books, 344: provisions for Inns of Court, 344: power of Assembly of Divines, 344: registrar of Bishops' Lands to act as custodian of evidences sequestered in London, 1015.
Appointment, fees and duties of keeper of records or registrar of Bishops' Lands, i. 894–895, 903–904 (1646, Nov. 7), 911 (Dec. 24), 1014–1015 (1647, Sept. 22): of keeper of records of Dean and Chapter Lands, ii. 88–89 (1649, Apr. 30): of keeper of records of Crown Lands, 175 (1649, July 16).
Surveyors of Irish lands to require production of muniments and to dispose of them in safety, i. 1153–1154, 1164 (1648, June 5).
Trustees to hold records relating to tithes late in possession of bishops and deans, ii. 143 (1649, June 8).
Delivery of, to Auditors of the Prests, ii. 206 (1649, Aug. 8).
of Forfeited estates. preservation of, ii. 526, 529 (1651, July 16).
of Irish forfeited estates, ii. 745 (1653, Sept. 26): preservation of, in Dublin, 746: in exchequer of Ireland, 1261 (1657, June 26).
of royal forests, ii. 796 (1653, Nov. 22).
of chancery, ii. 960 (1654, Aug. 21).

(ii) Grant of access to:
to governor and commissioners of West Indian plantations, i. 332 (1643, Nov. 2).
to committee of excise, i. 692 (1645, June 6).
to committee for receipt of money due on merchants' bonds, i. 733 (1645, July 9).
to committee for accounts, i. 941 (1647, May 28).
to Council of State, ii. 4 (1648–9, Feb. 13), 337 (1649–50, Feb. 13), 502 (1650–1, Feb. 13), 1274 (1659, May 19), 1419 (1659–60, Feb. 25).
to governors of Poor of London (records of charitable uses), ii. 109 (1649, May 7).
to commissioners for Advancement of Trade, ii. 406 (1650, Aug. 1).
to trustees for sale of Fee-farm rents, ii. 418 (1650, Aug. 13).
to commissioners for Ireland, ii. 494 (1650, Dec. 25).
to commissioners for receipt of lists of public debtors, ii. 767 (1653, Oct. 7).
to trustees for sale and commissioners for survey of royal forests, ii. 791–792 (1653, Nov. 22), 1122 (1657, June 19).
to commissioners for arrears of excise, ii. 829 (1653, Dec. 29), 852 (1653–4, Mar. 17).

(iii) Miscellaneous.
Committee for removal of Obstructions to deal with persons withholding, i. 1229 (1648, Nov. 21).
Copies of, ii. 361 (1649–50. Mar. 11), 418 (1650, Aug. 13), 791–792 (1653, Nov. 22).
Use of English language for, ii. 456 (1650, Nov. 22).
See also Muster Rolls.

Recovery. See Fines and Recoveries.

Recreations. See Sports and Pastimes

Rectories.

Sale of manors of, ii. 429–439 (1650, Oct. 16), 910–911 (1654, June 9).
See also Benefice: Tithes.

Recusants.

Act for discovery of, ii. 1170–1180 (1657, June 26).
Justices to charge juries to enquire as to reputed papists, 1170: persons so presented to take oath of abjuration, 1170–1171: form of oath, 1171: defaulters adjudged recusants, 1171–1172: justices to send out quarterly warrants for presentments, 1172: suspects bound over until ensuing quarter sessions, 1172–1173: penalty for refusal to enter recognizances, 1173: seizure, upon conviction of recusancy, of two thirds of estate, 1173–1174: mansion house exempt, 1174: enrolment, 1174: discharge of persons taking oath, 1174–1175: provision for cases of heirs (a) of sixteen years of age, 1175: (b) under sixteen years of age, 1175–1176: similar provisions for others to whom estates of recusant conveyed, 1176–1177: accounts and salaries, 1177–1178: persons marrying papist to take oath of abjuration, 1178: no removal by certiorari or reversal, 1178: penalties for official negligence, 1179: convicted person only admitted to take oath after frequent attendance at divine service, 1179–1180: penalties for persons relapsing, and attending mass at embassy, 1180.
Roman Catholic recusants disarmed, ii. 1293 (1659, June 28), 1297 (July 7).
Laws against, to be executed by council of state, ii. 1421 (1659–60, Feb. 25).
See Delinquents.

Reformado Officers.

Payment of, i. 393–394 (1643–4, Feb. 29), 947 (1647, May 28).
Unemployed officers to act as, i. 404–405 (1644, Mar. 26).

Regalities. See Bishops' Lands (i): Westminster Abbey and School.

Registrar, Registrar Accountant. See Accounts (iv) (vii): Bishops' Lands: Chancery (i): Clergy and Ministers (iv): Crown Lands (i): Deans' Lands (i): Fee Farm Rents (i): Forfeited Estates (i): Indemnity and Pardon (i): Ireland (v): Oxford University (i).

Registration of Births etc.

Register of baptisms, marriages and burials kept by minister and officers of church for inspection and taking of copies, i. 583 (1644–5, Jan. 4).
Registrar to keep book ii. 716 (1653, Aug. 24): justice to subscribe marriages, 716 717: fees, 717: union of small parishes for registration, 718: ordinance partially confirmed, 1139 (1657, June 26).

Religious Worship. See Church, The (i).

Remainder. See Reversion.

Rent. See Landlord and Tennant.

Rental. See Survey (ii).

Repeal.

of all ordinances etc. passed from 26 July to 6 Aug. 1647, i. 998–999 (1647, Aug. 20).
of clauses in statutes penalising absence from church, ii. 423–425 (1650, Sept. 27).
of all ordinances etc. passed from 20 Apr., 1653, to 17 Sept., 1656, not mentioned in confirming act, ii. 1142 (1657, June 26).

Reprisals. See Letters of Marque: Prizes, Naval.

Requests, Court of.

Ordinances against adjournment of, to Oxford, i. 65–67 (1642–3, Jan. 21), 133–134 (Apr. 18).

Revenue.

Receivers of, i. 300 (1643, Sept. 21), ii. 145 (1649, June 18).
Council of State authorised to charge, ii. 4 (1648–9, Feb. 13), 337 (1649–50, Feb. 13), 502 (1650–1, Feb. 13), 1275 (1659, May 19), 1419 (1659–60, Feb. 25): and to manage it to best advantage, 1421.
Public, to be brought into one treasury, ii. 652–653 (1652, Dec. 10), 711–712 (1653, July 28), 918–921 (1654, June 21), 1016–1019 (Sept. 2).
Provisions relating to, in Instrument of Government, ii. 820 (1653, Dec. 16): and in Petition and Advice, 1052 (1657, May 25).
Derived from excise, brought into one receipt, ii. 889 (1654, May 4).
Derived from excise, brought into survey of court of exchequer, ii. 1016 (1654, Sept. 2).
Act for improvement of, by farming customs and excise, ii. 1268–1269 (1657, June 26).
Commissioners for bringing in arrears of, ii. 1276–1277 (1659, May 26).
of king and royal family. See Crown Lands.
Committee for. See Commissioners and Committees (vii).

Reversion.

of Bishops' Lands, minimum rates fixed for sale of, i. 1106 (1647–8, Mar. 17).
Exclusion of reversions and remainders expectant upon estates in tail from grant to trustees for sale of Crown lands, ii. 190 (1649, July 16).
Purchase of, by contractors for sale of Dean and Chapter Lands, ii. 202 (1649 July 31).
of Forfeited Estates, minimum rates fixed for sale of, ii. 528 (1651, July 16).
Inclusion of reversions and remainders expectant upon estates in tail in Forfeited Estates, ii. 596–597 (1652, Aug. 4), 648–649 (Nov. 18): in sale of Crown lands, 695 (1652, Dec. 31).

Riot.

Suppression of local, i. 139 (1643, May 3).
Committee for militia of London to suppress, i. 251 (1643, Aug. 17).
Suppression of, caused by collection of excise, i. 918 (1646–7, Feb. 22), 1005– 1006 (1647, Aug. 28), ii. 233 (1649, Aug. 14).
Punishment of, on days of recreation, i. 985–986 (1647, June 28).
Suppression of, caused by collection of subsidy, i. 1039 (1647, Dec. 16).
Suppression of tumultuous assemblies brought about under pretence of presenting petitions, i. 1139 (1648, May 20).
Suppression of disturbances at elections, i. 1253 (1648, Dec. 20), ii. 320–321 (1649 Dec. 14 and 18), 1471 (1659–60, Mar. 16).
Suppression of, caused by ejection of scandalous clergy and schoolmasters, ii. 987 (1654, Aug. 28).

River.

Counties on both sides of, to have power to apprehend breakers of Sabbath on ii. 1164 (1657, June 26).
See Navigation.

Rogues. See Vagabonds.

Rolls Chapel. See Inns of Court.

Roman Catholics.

(i) Penalties imposed on:
(a) Assessment of, at special rates, i. 75 (1642–3, Feb. 3), 79 (Feb. 11), 118 (1643, Mar. 31), 534 (1644, Oct. 18).
(b) Seizure of arms and horses of, i. 84 (1642–3, Feb. 23), 127 (1643, Apr. 10), ii. 1293 (1659, June 28), 1297 (July 7), 1311, 1315 (July 14), 1453 (1659– 60, Mar. 12).
Committees for National Militia to disarm, i. 1250 (1648, Dec. 2), ii. 124 (1649, May 23), 196 (July —), 399 (1650, July 11).
(c) Sequestration of estates of, i. 107 (1643, Mar. 27), 255 (Aug. 18), 1179–1183 (1648, Aug. 9), 1186–1188 (Aug. 25), ii. 210–211 (1649, Aug. 10), 329–335 (1649–50, Jan. 25), 391 (1650, May 31).
Loans secured upon sale of lands of, i. 929 (1647, May 13).
Forfeiture of one-third of lands by Irish Roman Catholics, not being Jesuits or priests, ii. 602 (1652, Aug. 13).
Papist delinquents who compound to sell estates within year, ii. 646 (1652, Nov. 18).
(d) Quarter refused to Irish Roman Catholics, i. 554–555 (1644, Oct. 25).
(e) Suspension from communion of persons marrying or permitting marriage of their children to, i. 791 (1645, Oct. 20), 1206 (1648, Aug. 29).
(f) Removal of, from London to distance of 20 miles, i. 841–842 1646, Apr. 1), 847–848 (May 7), 1140–1141 (1648, May 23).
General act for removal of, ii. 349–354 (1649–50, Feb. 26).
Removal to place 20 miles or more from London, 349: powers of search, 349–350: prohibition of travel five miles from place of abode, 351: penalties, 351–352: grant of exemptions by Council of State, 352–353: exceptions, 353: rewards for discovery of Jesuits and priests, 353–354.
Priests and Jesuits to leave London before 15 July and England before 1 Aug., ii. 1304 (1659, July 13).
(g) Exception from general pardon of Jesuits and priests, i. 571–572 (1651–2, Feb. 24): from pardon of life of Irish Jesuits and priests, ii. 599 (1652, Aug. 13), 751 (1653, Sept. 26).
(h) Disfranchisement of. See Franchise: Petition and Advice.
(i) Prohibition of, from presentation to benefices, ii. 1266–1267 (1657, June 26).

(ii) Execution of penal laws and authorisation of searches.
Power of search of Committee of Militia for London, i. 453 (1644, June 15), 649 (1644–5, Feb. 28), 824 (1645–6, Jan. 19), 954–955 (1647, June 11), 987–988 (July 10).
Jurisdiction of commissioners for High Court of Justice, ii. 366 (1650, Mar. 26).
Continuance of penal laws, ii. 834–835 (1653–4, Jan. 19).
Discovery of Popish Recusants, ii. 1170–1180 (1657, June 26). See Recusants.
Attainder of ill-affected Papists in Ireland, ii. 1252 (1657, June 26): not to extend to persons not guilty of rebellion, 1260.
Execution of penal laws in Ireland, ii. 1298 (1659, July 7).
Execution of laws against recusants, priests, and Jesuits by Council of State, ii. 1421 (1659–60, Feb. 25).
Speedy execution of laws against priests and Jesuits, ii. 1425 (1659–60, Mar. 12).
See also Recusants.

Romney Marsh. See Bye Laws, etc.

Royal Family.

Revenue of. See Crown Lands.
Punishment of communication with, ii. 365 (1650, Mar. 26). See King, The (ii).
Sale of personal estate of. See King, The (i).